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ItemImagining the Future from the Margins( 2023-11-22)Exploring past visions of the future reveals two key insights: First, we are not always great at predicting the future, but we are good (and unavoidably so) at shaping it. How the future unfolds is shaped by our present imaginings. Second, what the future looks like depends on where you’re looking at it from. Mainstream media, particularly Hollywood, often hands us meticulously crafted visions of the future. Rarely does the wider public get a chance to participate in crafting these images. In this talk, I share some of the creative projects—spanning dance, installation art, AI-generated imagery, and wearable technology design—that my colleagues and I have undertaken. These projects point towards anticipatory approaches to the future that ask, what happens when our images of the future emerge from the fringes rather than conventional centers of power, influence, and imagination?
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ItemASEAN CONVERGENCE. Towards an ASEAN Identity: Discourses on Communication and Culture(Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, UPOU, 2019)This monograph is a collection of papers used as required reading for ASEAN Studies 231. The course was developed as a contribution of the UPOU Faculty of Information and Communication Studies to the Master of ASEAN Studies (MAS) Joint Program of the five open universities in Southeast Asia: the UP Open University; Universitas Terbuka in Jakarta; Sukhothai Open University in Bangkok; the Hanoi Open University; and the Open University of Malaysia. MAS was meant as a major initiative for the regionalization of education in the ASEAN region. Hence, this course takes on a regional outlook on communication. By communication, we refer to information and communication technologies and media (traditional, mass and new media). This course is also crosslisted under the UPOU Master of Development Communication program as DEVC242.
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ItemICT4D. Information and Communication Technology for Development: Global Perspectives, Asian Initiatives(Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, UPOU, 2019)This volume was originally compiled in 2008 as required reading in MMS 130 (ICT4D. Information and Communication Technology for Development) offered under the Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies (BAMS) Program of the UP Open University. It was a product of field experience, a collection of grey literature and fugitive materials produced in our consulting sorties in Asian countries. Before the BAMS program, there were no formal courses on the subject nor were there any texts. With the highlighting of best practice and lessons learned, the restructuring of the text, and the inclusion of learning objectives and self-assessment questions, the compilations were transformed into what we feel, is a comprehensive textbook on information and communication technology for development. In its current, updated incarnation, this volume takes the form of an open educational resource (OER) primarily meant for the consumption of development sector professionals and para-professionals manning ICT4D projects in any part of the world.
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ItemKnowledge Sharing for Collective Climate Action(Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, UPOU, 2019)From the very beginning, KM proponents have maintained that knowledge is best shared as lessons learned, good practices and, interestingly enough, stories...This volume contains both good practices and stories that promote collective climate action. Part A contains ten food security-related climate change adaptation practices compiled under the Philippine Climate Change Adaptation Project or PhilCCAP sponsored by the Global Environmental Fund and the World Bank. Part B shares eighteen stories on climate change from the Dalaw-Turo initiative... representing the entire spectrum of the environment and natural resources sector, namely, forestry, mining, lands, protected areas, coastal resources, and environmental management.
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ItemPrototyping a Blended Physical Education Course on Mixed Volleyball(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNANCE, EDUCATION AND BUSINESS, 2022-12-04)In the Philippines, the dearth of team-based physical education courses and student demand for blended classes in a prominent open university paved the way for the active exploration of inclusive team-based sports in blended mode. With this, a study was conducted involving the participatory design of a physical education (PE) course on mixed volleyball. The study aimed to identify challenges encountered in developing and prototyping this blended PE course,enumerate perceived benefits among participants during the prototyping stage, andinvestigate the initial impressions among participants regarding satisfaction and interest.The methodology involved prototyping lessons based on sound instructional design principles and iteratively improving them based on retrospective analysis. Data were collected through retrospective summaries, observation notes, participant interviews, and a post-program satisfaction survey. Observation notes, retrospective summaries, and participantinterviews were analyzed through reflexive thematic analysis. The major themes revolved aroundchallenges and perceived benefits. Moreover, survey data was analyzed quantitatively through descriptive statistics to quantify participant satisfaction.The challenges identified were technological, logistical, operational, pedagogical, and practical in nature. The perceived benefits encompassed friendship and camaraderie, discipline, self-confidence, happiness, teamwork, love for the sport, and feeling included in the group. Quantitative results showed generally high satisfaction, which increased at the end of the sixth week. In conclusion, a blended PE course on a team-based sport like mixed volleyball can be a good option among distance learners, provided they overcome logistical and digital limitations.